ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2015
Obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders: the current burden and the need for urgent action.
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129 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ethnic disparities in the prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence, Control and Management within Fiji,Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu: A ScopingReview with a Systematic Approach.Current diabetes reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Preterm birth among Pacific Islanders in the United States and the US-affiliated Pacific Islands: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2023Pooled it
- Lifestyle Interventions for People with, and at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Polynesian Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Maintenance Outcomes of the Children's Healthy Living Program on Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans Among Young Children in the US-Affiliated Pacific Region: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of a cluster-randomized, culturally tailored, community health worker home-visiting diabetes intervention versus standard care in American Samoa.Human resources for health · 2019Trial
- Effect of the Children's Healthy Living Program on Young Child Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans in the US-Affiliated Pacific Region: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2018Trial
- Diabetes Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Pasifika Adults in Australia: Findings from the Pasifika Preventing Diabetes Programme.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Racial/ethnic disparities in neighborhood physical activity environments: Comparing Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander and Asian Americans in the United States.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Framework for Identifying Signature Foods for Health in the Children's Healthy Living Program in the United States Affiliated Pacific Region.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Non-communicable diseases burden and national policy response in Papua New Guinea: a scoping and policy review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Reproductive and metabolic hormone associations in adult Samoan males with and without obesity.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2026Article
- Measuring access to culturally appropriate food and associations with diabetes among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Diet quality of Marshallese mothers of young children in Northwest Arkansas: an exploratory study.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Diabetes-Associated Major Limb Amputation in Solomon Islands: A National, 5-Year Retrospective Study.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- The contribution of aquatic foods to human nutrient intake and adequacy in a small Island developing state.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity in Diabetes Across Populations.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Review
- A scoping review of health research in four Pacific Island countries and areas (Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam and Tonga) from 2014 to 2024.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Global, regional, and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to metabolic risks: a systematic analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2021.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2025Article
- Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines to model and investigate diseases affecting Pacific Islanders.Stem cell research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for more than 36 million deaths each year; many of which are premature. Pacific Islanders are some of the worst afflicted by obesity and diabetes with prevalence of both diseases rising disproportionately faster in the Pacific region over the past three decades than in the rest of the world. A high burden of disease is also found among enclaves of Pacifican migrants in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. Urgent action is needed to alleviate the high economic and personal costs now associated with NCDs in Pacific Islanders. In this article, we describe contributors to the temporal trends in obesity and diabetes, discuss the current burden of disease in the Pacific Islands and among migrant communities, and suggest priorities for future research in this area. Finally, we discuss challenges unique to intervention among Pacific Islanders and highlight promising opportunities to reduce the NCD burden.
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